Screen for Teens: Changing World

THE FIRST DAY 20′ Hossein Moein, Iran, 2026

An anxious young boy finds himself wandering through a twisted, fantastical world on his first day of school.

A NORMAL LIFE 26′ Mykola Nosok, Ukraine, 2026

After escaping the russia’s occupation, a mother of many children struggles to keep her family together, trying to build a “normal life” on the ruins of a destroyed world — and gradually discovers that normality no longer means peace, but only the ability to go on living, to love, and not to lose herself.

THE LAND KEEPS WATCH 8′ Iryna Tanasiichuk, Estonia, Ukraine, 2025

The living Mountain makes friends with the Hiker following his act of kindness towards it, but not before long, a war breaks out and tears them apart. We see the war through the eyes of a living landscape as it suffers like humans do, and rises up to defend itself.

CONCRETE KIDS 20′ Saulius Baradinskas, Lithuania, 2026

Concrete Kids is a short film about kids who grew up in the courtyards of the Soviet apartment district of Lithuania, who lacked the attention and love of their parents, who tried to survive and free themselves from the violence in the streets every single day.

THE GIRL WITH THE OCCUPIED EYES 8′ André Carrilho, Portugal, 2024

A girl wanders through the city, countryside, beach, always clutching a phone from which she never takes her eyes off. Along the way, she comes across a group of characters that include a bear, dolphins, pirates, an alien. Everyone tries to captivate her and draw her attention, but she is indifferent to everything around her.

THE LITTLE ANCESTOR 12′ Alexa Tremblay-Francoeur, Canada, 2024

An ancestral house comes to life, builds itself and unveils its long life of one hundred and fifty years. Over the years, it has led us to feel the passage of time in the heart of a growing and buzzing city that will eventually bring its end.